1. INDIA HABITAT CENTRE ,NEW DELHI(1988-
It is a centre for cultural, economic
and social activities.
Dramas, plays are also organized at
the centre.
FORD FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS, NEW
DELHI(1968)
The Ford Foundation established an
office in India in 1952 at the invitation of
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
It was the foundation's first office
outside the United States and remains
one of the largest of the international
field operations
3. INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
IIC facilities for a variety of artistic and scholarly activities,
conference and symposia organized by nation and international groups.
The centre’s 18600 square meter(4.6acres) site at Lodi estate was
designed
so that the grounds of the IIC and adjacent Lodi gardens could
function as one entity.
4. The evolution of the design
of the IIC may be the
abbey of Montmajour in
southern France .
EVOLUTION OF DESIGN
5. The centre is composed of
stein’s characteristically
individually articulated blocks:
• 46 guest rooms,loungeand
dinning room in one,
• programmed blocks of library
and offices ,
• domed auditorium are all
grouped around two great courts
• connected by porticoes and
ground level and rooftop
verandahs.
6. PLAN
the first, or entrance court, provides access on the north side
to the guest room
on the south to the auditorium and programmed block of
library and offices .
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7. Passing through the portico ,the visitor enters into the main
courtyard and then into the gardens of the ,which the rear and
the north of the sides of the site.
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8. The guest –room wing has also been given a curved form which
approaches and then recedes away from the Lodi gardens site
boundary.
The surrounding north wing of survices and the west wing of the
guest –rooms have been raised up on piers, bringing the Lodi tombs into
framed view and creating a large verandah beneath.
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9. COURTYARD AND GARDENS
The India international centre is
conceived as design of interrelated
interior and shaded space courtyards and
gardens.
Each courtyard and garden at the IIC
has a difference function and aspect.
10. CONSTRUCTION
The construction methods and
procedures employed in the building
of the India international centre
were typical of the methods and
skill levels available in India at the
time of construction(1958-62).
The pre-casting of some of the
elements on the ground was
undertaken in order to ensure high
–quality construction, both in terms
of structural integrity and finish.
The IIC is virtually a hand-made
building.
12. INTRODUCTION
It is a complex of institutional and
office spaces , conferences and
library facility for groups involved
with environment and habitat issues
The concept of IHC is based on
environmental and regional planning
energy and its judicious use,
relevance of technology, transport
and communication, lifestyle social
and cultural linkage, fiscal policies,
legal and management system and
information technology
13. There are 5 main building
blocks
which are interconnected by
means of aerial walkways.
There is also a basement floor
for parking of around 1000
cars.
The external facade is in a
language of exposed red brick,
exposed concrete and glass.
15. India habitat center is organized as a series of four to seven storey
blocks around linked, shaded courtyard
protected from both the excesses of tropical sunshine and motor
traffic of the adjacent heavily trafficked interaction
16. The centre groups a significant number of plots together, so that
requirements such as food service ,
Car parking and meeting facilities can be solved mutually
17. Building are grouped around climate
temperate courts
shade by overhead sun screens and
enlivened by vertical gardens
18. The courts are elevated on plinth over a car parking so that a
series of pleasant civic spaces for pedestrians are created
These spaces become semi enclosed atrium like areas suitable
for a variety of functions including exhibitions , displays and
conferences
19. BUILDING
It is on essentially urban site,
and conceived to be something of a
prototype with a relatively
conventional and repeatable type
of construction
a reinforced concrete frame with
an infill of concrete block and
brick cladding.
The attention to finishes is high
at the India habitat center,
20. BUILDING
employs carefully conceived
paving patterns in the courtyards
variegated brick coursing in
buildings vertical pier which are
accented by tile facing to the rain
water channel, vertical garden
elements
the area below the extended
brow which caps the complex
ascending form.
